National Theatre Live Presents: The Playboy of the Western World

The Playboy of
the Western World
by John
Millington Synge

directed
by Caitríona McLaughlin

Nicola
Coughlan (Bridgerton) joins Éanna Hardwicke (The Sixth Commandment)
and Siobhán McSweeney (Derry Girls) in John Millington Synge’s riveting play
of youth and self-discovery.

Pegeen
Flaherty’s life is turned upside down when a young man walks into her pub
claiming that he’s killed his father. Instead of being shunned, the killer
becomes a local hero and begins to win hearts, that is until a second man
unexpectedly arrives on the scene…

Filmed live on stage at the
National Theatre, Caitríona McLaughlin directs this darkly funny tale full to
the brim with secrets.